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What's New January 2013

January 31

• Attendance of Ms.Toshiko Abe, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the 49th Munich Security Conference
• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary(January 31)
  • Japan-Australia Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA)
  • Myanmar’s debt issues
  • The passing of Doctor Hiroshi Nakajima, Director General Emeritus of the World Health Organization (WHO),More...
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Mozambique for Flooding Disaster
• FY2012 International Workshop on Acceptance of Foreign Nationals and Their Integration into Japan: Large-scale Disasters and Foreign Nationals in Japan
• Entry into Force of the Japan-Australia Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA)

January 29

• Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the passing of Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, Director General Emeritus of the World Health Organization (WHO)
• Meeting between Mr. Masaji Matsuyama, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, at the Donors' Conference for the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA)
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 29)
  • Opening Remarks
  • The Japan-Australia Acquisition and Cross-servicing Agreement (ACSA)
  • Three main pillars of foreign policy following the incident in Algeria, and the Donors’ Conference for the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA)
  • Realignment of U.S. Forces Japan
  • Japanese private company’s participation in F-35 Joint Strike Fighters production,More...

January 28

• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on clashes in Egypt
• Emergency Assistance to Jordan in Response to the Floods Disaster (Emergency relief goods provided to a Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan)
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the parliamentary elections in Jordan
• The 1st meeting of the Japan-India Maritime Affairs Dialogue

January 25

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 25)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
  • The Prime Minister’s instructions on global warming countermeasures
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
  • Japan-China relations,More...
• Signing of the Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income

January 24

• Japan-France Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on a suicide bombing in Iraq

January 23

• Comment by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the Adoption of a Resolution by the United Nations Security Council on the Launch of the Missile by North Korea, which it calls a "satellite"
• Minister Fumio Kishida interview - CNN
• Statement by Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Adoption of a Resolution by the United Nations Security Council on the Launch of the Missile by North Korea, which it calls a "satellite"
• Meeting between Mr. Shunichi Suzuki, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister (Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs) and Mr. Mourad Medelci, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
• Meeting between Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Dahou Ould Kablia, Minister of Interior and Local Governments of Algeria

January 22

• Japan-Norway Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks
• Dispatch to Algeria of Mr. Shunichi Suzuki, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister)
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 22)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
  • Visit to the United States
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
  • The Senkaku Islands,More...

January 21

• Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks

January 19

• Foreign Minister Kishidas Meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Kirk (Overview)

January 18

• Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, The Bounty of the Open Seas: Five New Principles for Japanese Diplomacy
• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Southeast Asia
  • Prime Minister Abe's Visit to Thailand (Overview)
  • Japan-Indonesia Summit Meeting (Overview)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Summary)
• Démarche by Mr. Shunichi Suzuki, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to H.E. Mr. Sid Ali Ketrandji, Ambassador of Algeria to Japan
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 18)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
• Joint Démarche by relevant countries, including Japan, to H.E. Mr. Mourad Medelci, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria

January 17

• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Southeast Asia
  • Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Viet Nam (Overview)
• Japan-France Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks
• Attendance of the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Palau by Mr. Shunichi Suzuki, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Appointment of Female Members to the Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 17)
  • Abduction of Japanese nationals in Algeria
• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary(January 17)
  • Hostage situation in Algeria
  • Visit by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to Southeast Asia and Australia
  • Question concerning a Visit by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the United States,More...
• Japan-U.K. Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks
• Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks
• Japan-Norway Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks

January 15

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 15)
  • Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ meeting
  • Deployment of Osprey in Okinawa
  • Japan's foreign policy for ASEAN,More...
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the ceasefire agreement and other documents signed between the Government of the Central African Republic and the Coalition of armed groups

January 14

• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in the North of Mali

January 13

• Foreign Minister Kishida’s Visit to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Australia
  • Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview)
  • Meeting between Foreign Minister Kishida and Australian Trade and Competitiveness Minister Dr Emerson (Overview)

January 11

• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Terrorist Attack in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

January 10

• Foreign Minister Kishida’s Visit to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Australia
  • Courtesy Call on H.E. Mr. Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Outline)
  • Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Working Lunch (Outline)
• Press Conference by the Assistant Press Secretary(January 10)
  • Telephone conversations held by the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister
  • Foreign Minister Kishida’s visit to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, and Australia
  • Prime Minister Abe’s scheduled visit to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia,More...

January 9

• Japan-France Summit Telephone Conversation
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 9)
  • Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ telephone talks, visit to the United States, the Prime Minister’s visit to the United States
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in Pakistan

January 8

• Foreign Minister Kishida's Visit to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Australia
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida(January 8)
  • Opening Remarks-Visit to Southeast Asia and Australia
  • Japan-ROK relations
  • Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s overseas visits,More...

January 4

• Emergency Assistance to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Response to the Floods Disaster

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